Electric.ie January/February 2018

ELECTRIC.IE • The Magazine & Website for the Irish Electrical Industry • 31 Industry News speakers, including managing director of Subsea Networks and advisor to the Senior Leadership ‡ƒ ƒ– “—ƒ ‘•ǡ ‘Ž ƒŽ‹‰Ǥ Paling discussed the current connectivity solutions from Europe to North America, including how capacity and technology evolved over time and how new cable systems will continue to innovate to keep pace with future demand. The conference also included Ireland’s Minister for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection, Pat Breen. He took to the stage for a much anticipated keynote address. Breen spoke about Ireland’s journey through the digital economy and shared his dream of the country becoming the ‘best in class’ in the domain of data centres – of which he believes will happen in the very near future.  †ƒ› –™‘ǡ –Š‡ ‡˜‡– „”‘—‰Š– together leading public sector figures to discuss driving innovation and efficiency in digital infrastructure in some of Europe’s leading case studies based in Ireland ™‹–Š –Š‡ ͱͲ ™‘”•Š‘’ chaired by Dr Rabih Bashroush Coordinator of the European Commission EURECA Project. Also taking place was the GDPR Conference, chaired by Dr Dennis ‡‹‰• –‡”‡– ‹‘‡‡”ǡ –‡”‡– ƒŽŽ ‘ˆ ƒ‡ ͲͰͱʹ Ƭ ‘Ǥ Šƒ‹” GDPR Awareness Coalition. This hybrid conference and exhibition which is your guide to data centre strategy, offering a chance to experience the latest in industry solutions, best practice and insights from industry leaders will be back next year, so keep a space in ›‘—” †‹ƒ”›ǡ ͲͰ Ȃ Ͳͱ ‘˜‡„‡” ͲͰͱ͸Ǥ Cleveland Cable Company RGE (Reg Farrell Engineering) Demesne Electrical